Aradfotti gtporter.
E. O. 600DRICII, EDITOR.
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Zowaids, Pa.; Tlacrsday, Xarch 27, 1879.
TOE ILEUMDS OF TI I E 141111T-PAD: 4 !
'lt would certainly not be good
manners in any man to cheapen the
halter with which he was about to be
hung. On the other hand the most
'abandoned villain that ever' , swung
could have no interest in so conduct
ing himself on the scaffold as to add
to the odium earned by bis i crimes.
If there'is ever. a time when a human
being shouldsummon up any trifle of
decency and sense of decorum with.
which nature has endowed him, it
must be when he is about to make,,
his exit from the stage of human af4l
fairs. Obvious as these facts must
appear to the intelligent reader, they
do_not seem to have dawned upon
the eonsciou , ness of the Democratic
leaders. That,, party became drunk
With power in December. 1875. ,It
has,never draWn a sober breath from
that time to this. In truth it must
be said that its fit ofibeastly inebrie
ty has been cumulative. It entered
upon the almost innumerable investi
gations which have uniformly result
ed in besmirching the Investigators,
in' a moment of diAirium.
prosecuted those investigations with
the insane' fury oil delirium. And,
now, when it is about to go D off in a
idead-drunk sttipor,ito awak`c - sober,
but wretched, am find itself in a
hopeless minority, it has called upon
the Administration to stand and de
liver.
When the Democrats in Congress
- affixed ,their ultimatum to-the appro
priation bills, they took up the role
Of the font-pad. It was: as if they
had said to the President. "If we
cannot rule we can ruin." To
fault with this Democratic axiom'
would he as absurd as it would-be to
censure the swine for wallowing in
the mire. Nature always asserts 4-
self. Democratic nature asserted it
self in Ino,when it attemptd to
\ decree the debasement of national
ilionor or national death. The lead
ers, gave it. out as their ultintatum
then that the people must rcnewitheir
lease - of power c.r the 'Union would
• be rent asunder. It was the close of
a long term and a most wicked abuse
of power, when the Deinocratic
lead
ers felt and saw all. the presages of
political death, and their demand
was,horn of desperation. -Had Me
' people hesitated; had they striven to,
put off the evil day by surrendering
their prerogative, the republic would
have been blain id the house Of its
friends, and- the American people
w Juld.to-<layliave been led captives,
gracing the triumph of the most'
' soulless oligarchy the world ever saw.
• To the trmness and Courage, and to
the exalted patriotism of the Ameri
can people who responded to the in-
Solent demand for unconditional sur
render, by the election Of ABRAHAM
.1,1:11)1,5,,th,e existence of the nation,
as a nation, is due. If the people
bear this in mind at this second
emergency, all will be
The pe - ophlOok.to represen
tatives in Congress now Nor the dar
ing , and firmness exhibited by their
i•epresentatives on the eve of the
, great rebellion.' They look to the
President for the courage and firm
ness displayed by L txcomi• during the
lung and stormy night of th war.
If Re - pul icans in 'Congress !Stand
firm, and if the President stands like
a rock against the, threatening .sur-
geS of revolution, these examples
will inspirit and encourage the mass: '
es. ThC . .menaZe of the Democratic
leaders must be met and defeated 1)y
the pluck of the Republican leadnp.
If the Pemocratie Congress
i
to carry ts threat of blocking the
wheels of govCrnment into elfect, Ja .
it do 'it, apd take the consegnences.
An' intelligcnt 'people Rill fix the re
sponsibility where it belongs. The
laws for the defcnee of the ballot
against the corruption of unscrutitt
bons Democrats, must be preserved:
The Ili:publican party must take up
Le gliertrid give these destructives
all tlic tight they have
, stomaclis for.
There must be no surrender.
CARTER HARRISON -was a Demo- •
critic member of the Forty-fifth Con
gress,-and , the District Atturney at
Washington has taken steps to brine
before the Grand Jurj the charges
that wit#lc acting as chairman of the
Committee on Reform in the Civil
Service he made out and certified to
false pay-rollsLlle is now the Green
back nominee for Mayor of Chicago,
and the Democratic City Committee
on Saturday showed :its hand at re-
f9rin by endorsing the nomination
Ureenbackers and Democrats unite
in the great cause of reform only upon
Such patriots as HARRISON'.
IT is represented that the Dem
ocratic leaders in the House will take
measures to secure the regular and
constant attendance of the household
• of the faithful. There is great fear
that the Republican - lninority iritl
) prove troublesome, froin the fact that
so many of the majority have just
stepped out for . . drink, as to endaa
.. ger. thpir
used
__supremacy. -It
7 • is, proposed to have a cOmmittee who
shall tlgke charge of the absentees,
and hunt them, up when _ their votes
are wanted. .
•-
stOan open question wheth
er it shall be TII:DEN or JEFFERSON
Davis In 18i40. Perhaps it will be a
little too eai i lyto reward 11 : tvt-but
we shall See. •..
IT looks very much' as if Uncle
• Oft:ECS bar'! ould be opened.
again, very soon. hungry Demo
,rats will please take notice. ,
W,UAT EIIALL WE DO WITH TUE
TRAMP T
The tramp is not a new invention,
net a plant of modern-growth. lie
has not lately been diseovered f like a
heavenly body that has been Binding
its little ray of light to this earth,
and finally renders the astronomer
famous who gives it a "local habita t
Lion and a nanle." The travelling
rnedieant, who humbly sued for cold
viet4alit or perchance a night's I,,Ag
ing, haa been known to the oldest in-
imbiLsnt from the time whence. the
memory of man runneth not to the
contrary. In earlier times, these ap-
peals to the sympathy and the chari-
ty of the kindhearted were not una
vailing. The housekeeper, in town
or country, eCklom turned away, un-
fed ;or empty-banded, the stranger
cameo his gates asking food or
lodging for "sweet charity's sake."
I Nor was - the giver untiankfully re-
warded—receiving atleast the lead-
elt thanks of the recipient. Many
of these beneficiaries were perhaps
dle, but they were seldom vicious,,
and deserved the commiseration and
relief so cheerfully given.
The commercial revulsion of 1873,
prostrating most :of the manufac
tures and industries - of the country,
threw out of emPloyrnent a vast .
number of laborers; and seems to
have increased the army of tramps,
until they have becOme as the locusts
of. Egypt, and quite as .. much of a
plague. - They have multiplied, and
multiplied, and, cover the face of the
country. Where an occasional, wea
ry, sore-footed, hungry supplicant
linockeil at the_ kitchen - door for re
lief-for starvation; a troop of stab
wart, insolent yullians come demarid
ir= food or shelter, frightening un
protected females, and not always re
spectful.when the males of the fami
ly are present. The name of this
tramping army is legion, In win
ter they fill the poor houses, and with
the early spring 'they . disperse
throughout the country, systematic
ally pursiiing their. mendicity. - They
visit towns in groups, separating and .
"workini" the dwfillings thorough
ly and by concert. Not often are
they criminally disposed, though
such conditions of life are gale:Witted
to bring out whatever\ is revengeful
or vicious. ,Still the tramp of to-day
is a nuisance to be abated, and whai
to do with him, is a quest' n to be
solved by humanitarians, and lich
is engaging the attention of leg'sla
tors. It is proposed by legislate
enactment to cure the evil. We
dOubt very much witether laws upon
the statute book, however severe may
Are the penalties impOsed, can ever
cake men industrious, any more than
it can force them to be honest.
Some of the States have already
enacted laws making the tramp a va
grant, and, liable to arrest and itn:
prisonment, as being without em
ployment ,or visible means of sup
port. Arid a bill is now pending in
the Senate of this State, declaring
the tram to be an offender against
the peace of the community, liable
to arrest, and unless he can show
he has a "fried place of residence or
lawful occupation in the county or
city in which d shall be arrested,"
he must be adjuked guilty of a mis
demeanor, the' "%natty .of which is a
term in the county workhouse or jail
of not less 'than six nor more th - ari
eighteen months. And also that any
tramp who shall go into a dwelling
house against the will of the owner
or occupant thereof, or without has
permission, "or shall kindle, any fire
on the highway, or on the land of an
other; without the owner's consent,"
shall upon 'conviction be deemed
guilty of a 'misdemeanor, and shall
be sentenced to undergo an impris
onment; by separate or solitary curl
finernent at labor for a period not cx-
ceeding three, ears.
These pgnalties are sufficiently se
vere,
if enforced, to. abate the evils
they are intepdcd to remedy. But
the •infliction'of the latter penalty
would be revolting to humanity, and_
could not be carried out. The first
named penalty would meet all the
necessities of the case, but unleSs it
frightened the tramp from the bord
ers of the Commonwealth (which is
very unlikely), he would be still
more trouble in "durance vile," than
I .when roaming at his own free will
over the country. Suppose, flit in 7
stance, that, a tithe of the tramps
who visit Bradford, shoiild be arrest
ed under the contemplated law?
What'could be done with them? • We
I h ave no work-house, and Sh'e - riff
DEAN'ti-stone castle has_only limited
accommodations. We fear that the
I law will not answer fora solution of
the tramp question, but that we shall
IhaVe to - wait until there is a call for
the .labor of all the, unemployed,
when the ranks of t& Peripatetic
mendicants Rill be thinned, though
there are doubtless a large p - ropor-
Lion who would rather live upon the
uncertain charity of the generous
than earn Au industrious livelihood
by, honest labor.
SENATOR JACKSON, of Dushore,
who has a habit of saying what he
means, and don't understand that
word; were meant to hide ideas, very
frankly says in reference to the
Speakership of the House, that he is
very. glad 131.Acknutts didn't get it;
the Democratic party - couldn't afford
to elect a Southern man Speaker un
til after MO. The Senator has hit
the nail on the head; the Democracy
must make a show of fairness until
after the next Presidential election.
Should their candidate then tie suer
cessful r and the government pass into
thAr hands—what then ?, .•
THE National Greenback party in
Congress is entitled to the ihfant's
epitaph—" Since I so soon was done
for, I wonder what I was beguktir."
Tin sensational, newspapers of the .
country have bad ample opportunity
for the exhibition of their malicious
.and indecentinstincts in the attempt
of the. "Widow to levy
blackmail from lion. SIMON CAMER7
os. The propensity-to. eater -to the
prurient tastes of the community; has
found full scope, at the . sar - e time
that the desire to traduce and villify
a public manAls led to the publica
tion of the.. - ininute particulars as to
hoer an abandon . ed: Woman sought to
ply her vceation 7 " The North Ameri
can speaks out truthfully -and feel
ingly upon this matter, aiid expresses
the sentiments of all right-minded
persons, when it .sa.}s
"General C;.mcron is a man advanced
in years, wed. is entitlA to the protection
of his fellox-citiv IP, and c ipecially to be
shielded froM the idle jeer of the wicked
or the txmilemnatitin of the htnorant, ,who
may have no .gleater rears of knoWing
his ,cbaracter and his • life than may be
gatheyed fr. m the derailed warm ive of
- this ?infamous attetnpt to extort money
front hint upon a pietence as absurd as it
is outt ageous.
We presume little upon the probabil
ities of justice in b6lieving that General
Cameron will he acquitted of, the charge
brought-azainst him. In this certainty,
which Li no doubt shared by our contem
poraries, would it not he fair treatment
to a citizen who has distinguished himself
and his State by eminent public services,
and of whom it has teen the proud boast
of his friends for many years. that he
could not he accused of personal an mos 7
ity trc n in his most bitter political qua.-
`ad, that he should be spared the a ,noy
ance Leces. , arily fuliovring the publication
Of the falsehoods and indecencies that are
the stable stir:lt-in-trade of the class of
people to which bin trmnier het ings. Gen
eral Cameron is to be, honored for the
manly pluck which led hiM to prefer a
public defence to a corruptly purchared
silence in a rase_ involving his reputation
and his future comfort. The world may
wisely ktuvw that fact, and be 441.u1 that
such vicious assaults :13 that m ule :oy
this woman si in , times find adversaries
who arc not afraid toMeet them on equal
ground."
_ Greenback members of Con
gress issued an addressed to the Re
publican and Democratic members of
the Forty-six Congress, in which
after setting up the claim
, that they
hold the balance of power t in nearly
all the Northern States, they made
the folloWing offer:
- "Iterognl4lng the fart that much •wlll depend
upon the orgiolzallf.n of the "House for securing
Legbiatiois In their behalf, and that the result
wilt make up the none In the great struggle
'between the people anti the money power in Irian,
prov,se to co-ol..rnto with yon by electing as
Speaker either S. S. Cox of New Yore, James
Vne)ve, of Contiecticitt. W. ft. Kelly or Heruflick
H. Weight of Pentisylvai.ia. Thorns Ewing or
ohlo, tireenbury 7.. Font of phiols. WiMani 17.
Felton of,Georgla. J - ohn (fright or 11. C. Young
it! wilmn t.,y their public!' re
cora no the''‘finhaietal qiientionek. Las :-ecured the
coofidenee of our cow-II: trellis; or any other meth
hcr of the Honor elf romp. tent to con.
duet Its hU.ItICSA, who. by isle previous adherence
to our Frinciple , ,liA ol e that fit 1 heir behalf
lie can rise Wrote former political affiliations."
-Stange as itinay seem, neither of
the two parties address; seemed in
clined to accept the generous offer.
And the Nationals were treated as an
indefinite, and very upOrtain gum t
Ti) iv 1; .1. lal4lng noise
1
Kecounfivo to general report the
Democrats have concluded . that the
extra session shall be brief, nd to
this end. the Army; mil Exec tire
Appropriation bills are to be: c
sidered, hs formulated by the Forty
fifth Congress; in committee of the
whole, and hence it is probable that
there will be but little debate on these
bills and very- few amendments.
_So
far as is known the Army bill is to y
be passed iii such a manner as to be
tinobjectionitble to the President, and,
the clause repealing the law relating
to Federal_ supervisor's of elections
is to be left - off of the Legislative
and Executive Appropriation bill,
because, some of the leaders hay,
the supervisors arc not so bad, being
divided between' the two great politi
cal 'parties.. :The clauses doing away
with. Federal marshals ''at elections
and abolishing the jurors' test oath
will be retained, and the knowing
ones think that President If.tvr.s will
approve the bills, when presenteeto
hind in the modified forms indicated.
The law providing for the alppoint
inent.of Federal supervisors of dee- -
tionS is absolutely necessary. .to keep
down fraud, and it ought not - to be
okosed. by
.any 'honest member of
Congress.
. THIRTY, thousand applications un
der the new pension' ]asv had been •
filed at Washington up to the close
of business last Saturday, and they
are coming in at the rate tit'. about
400 daily.. The whole number
es
pected is 50,000. When received
they are sorted and filed, and on the
25th instant the-work oladjudication
was begun. The first * notification
that a successful Pensioner will hate
of the allowance of his Claim will be
the. receipt of a certificate which en
titles him to the money, and which
he can' then get if it is the Treasury
and not otherwise appropriated. The
average amount to -be received by
.each pensioner under this act is esti
mateeat about $9OO. Of the whole
number of applicants received, it is
thought that only -35,000 will
.prove
Valid, and to meet these will require
about $31,500,000.
A NSW tariff schedule has been
adcipted by the Canadian Govern
taunt anti submitted to the House of
Coinmons by the Finance Minister.
An increase has been made through
out, and the experiment of protect
ing home industries bythe prohibi
tion of impoSts. from the United
States, scans to have been the policy
had in view by the Provincial Min
istry. _
Suuttonafr. CktArtN, of New Yorit
City, has rendered a decision 41..0
Y i virananur Will case, affirming the„
testament and its codicils in every
particular. An appeal will, of course,
be . takra to the higher Courts, hut
they are not likely to reverse the
Surreg4te'§
VIERS Wai An opportunity offered
to the Democrats in 'Congress to rise
above mere partisan behests in the
disposition of the Florida contest;
but; with the exceptltn of those who
were elected as Greenbackers, all vo:
tel to seat Mr. lIuI.L as a represen
, tative from the "Flowery State," al
though they had the dicta of the. Su
preme Court of that Commonwealth
that Mr. 131sAcr., the Iteublican can
didate, was duly electe , This -Ac
tion was nothing more nor less than
confirmation of an election fraud
for party purposes.
MR. HAMLIN, Mr. 011ANDLER and I
Mr. IL B. ANTIIONY Arc the only
members .of the present Congress
who were also members of that of
'6l; the year of war. Of the 'other
members of the fatuous Congress,
YGLEE is• president of a Florida rail-
road, LYMAN Taumnum. is practicing
law in Illinois, II titrAN has retired
with a comfortable fortune, CLINOMAN
is living quietly, in North Carolina,
dLTnan P.''PENJAMIN is a lawyer in
London, and JEFFERSON DAVIS is an
insurunee'agent in Mississippi.
Ir would be gratifying if we could
believe that the election of RANDALL
for Speaker was an evidence that pa!,
triotic and conservative counsels are to
influence the action of e.Democracy
There was unqu mnably a desire
not U.. outrage the . public 'sentiment
by the elevation of a, Confederate to
the Speakers chair, and - so far as this
consideration was shown, we giVe the
Democracy credit, but we have no
hope that moderation is to prevail.
It would be contrary Wall precedent
if such should be the arse.
TIME is a dispogition . shown by
the RANDALL Organs throughoat the
State to "set, down" upon Senator
WALLACE.. Judging from the decla
rations of - the ' RANbiLL branch of
the , harmonious Democracy, the
Speaker already hasAhe scalp of the
Senator hanging in his belt. We
haven't much interest in the fight,
but judge that the. Senatorial corpse
' will be found to be a lively one when
the time comes to resume offensive
operations.
THE South furnishes thirty of the
-forty-three Denioeratic Senators. In
distributing the Chairmanships of
the twenty-nine regular Senate com
mittees, the Cations Committee gives
twenty to the south and nine to the
rest of the country. The south,
therefore, is in a fair way to shape
the legislation of the country, so far
as the Senate is concerneJ The rep
resentatives. of about ten millionsof
whites will thus make la,ii?.4'r for over
forty millions,of people..:l .
1
e last few
some\recog
balanc6 of
bad gien
if his vote
THE elements have been . vc‘ry cruel
tesbuman life in the past few days.
It is`still thOught that nearly 2,000
people were drowned and 8,000
houses destroyed by the flood. that
wiped the city of Szegedin out of
existence. An avalanche in' the
Austrian Tyrol has killed forty peo
ple, and sixty have , been drowned by
the sinking of the Ilaytien steamer
Michel ,by the Bolivar, near St.
,Thonias.
elect ion, it
he National
the present
tor standing,
•
SSAGE _ol' THE feIIESTEENT.
following in the President's
read in both brancheS. of
, n Wednesday:
4zens of the Senate and,
..esentotires :—Tlie
'ongress to make the
ration for legislative
for the expt•n;
;e*eutive depart
ient, 'and . for
has made it
,session of
'he esti
which
:eere
,n g,
Congress
Pt//0 W ci
House of Re
ure of the la - se
requisite appzigS
and judicial purp
ses of the\several
ments of the govern
the suppoit of \ the army .
necessary-te calla special
the Forty-sixth Colgress,
mates of The appropriation
were sent 6 Congress by the
tars of the Treasury at \ the ope
of the last session are renewed, an
are herewith• transmitted t2o \ both the
Senate and Rouse of Represents.
tires. Regretting . the existence of
the emergency which requires a`spe
cial session of Congress it this time,
when it is the general judgment of
the country, that the public welfare
will be best promoted . by permanency
in our .legislation and by peace an . d
rest, I commend these few necessary
measures to your cOnsiderate atten
tion.
CSivneci] RUTHERFORD B. IIAYEs
Wednesday:-Lin the. Senate, the
standing committees were appointed
by voteoftbe;Senate; the credentials
of Mr. Bell, of New Hampshire, were
referred to the Judiciary Committee;
the President's message was received ;
it was very brief and merely called
attention to the estimates for-the
Army and the Legislatiye, Excutive
and Judicial Appropriation bills; a
few of the bills which failed at the
last, session were reintroduced, the
Burnside bill to reorganize -the Army
being among -them ;. charges ,were
brought against Senator-Ingalls.
_ln .
. the House, the President' s message
was revived and read ;-it was applaud
ed by Republicans; the case' of Mr.
Hull, of Florida, was debated at
length ; the _Republicans -desired to
have the case referred, but they were
beaten by. three,' i majority ; fourteen
theenbaekers voted with them. .
Thursday: The Senate transacted
no business, being in sesglon only ten
minutes. The House discussed the
Ohio cases, and. ordered• an investi
gation of the means by which Butter
worth and Young were elected, and
then adjourned ; .the Republicans
favored the investigation.
Friday:--In . the Senate, Sir.iMe.
Milian introduced a_Constitutional
amendment, allowing the President
to veto -portions of appropriation
bills which may be objectionable to
him. A number" of bills were intro
duced and referred. Mr. Edmunds
called up his resolution limiting the
business of. the. Session, and on mo
,tion of Mr. Wallace, it was laid oh
the table by a party vote. Mr. Wal
lace called up his resolution calling on
the Secretary of the Treasury for a de
tailed statement of theacce' innts,of the
Uhited States Marsha ls in New York,
Pennsylvania, Obi Massachusetts
and 3laryland, fetKexPenses of special
deputies during the last elections.
Mr. Coukling moved to amend so as
to extend the inquiry. to all the saturated with bad, whisky, walked into
States, which - was rejected. • He re- the Delaware at Christian streak wharf,
newed it as a separate resolution, but a private watchman cruelly interfered
providing that - .the'answer to the. and rescued him, so the experiment as to
preceding resolution - should not be what effect cold , water would .have Upon
deferred by it. The amendment, was his system, has not been fully tried.
adopted. After an Executive session Mr. Alexander McClure , the editor of
the Senate adjourned. until Monday. the Tina, was married an Thursday last,
In the House,Mr.La, :at Ellis, of La
at Holy Trinity Church, to Miss Gratz.
offered a res olution increasing Lon The evening previoni the bridegroom
membership of the committee on
Elections from 11 to 16. It was fe . gave a dinner at the Girard House, to a
few i ntimate friends with the members of
for
to the Committee on Rules.
Mr; Reagan, of Texas, desired to in- his editorial staff. The sreeches were as
troduce several bills, but Mr. Conger usual very felicitous, full - of good wishes
objected. Adjourned until Tuesday. to Mr. McClure, in which will join all the
readers of the Times, wishing him happi
ness in new relations.
The harmonious Democracy of this city,
while celebrating the success of Randall
do riot forgetjo show Their appreciation
of Senator Wallace's eftorts • to defeat
him. Down at Eighth and South streets
where rum slivps arc common, and Dem
ocratic votes nutr.crous, there is a banner
flying in . the breeze intended to express
the joy of the unwashed - over their tri
umph at Washington. Among other ju
bilant issciiptions, is painted the repre-
Bentation of a coffin, beneath which is the
significant word -"WALLACE,": "How
pleasant it is to see brethren dwell to
gether in unity."
CONGRESS.
LETTER FROM PRILSEELPELi
PUILADELiquA, 3lsreh :4, Iftn.
h there'no way by which'this pedestri
in fever can be abateu? It is spieading
over the whulo country, and threatens to
togage the attention of conuounities to
the utter exclusion of other and better-
subjects: The pedestriermes are gather
ing up their skiits for renewed exertions,
deterinined" that the male sex shall not
enjoy a minopoly of the rapid circle, nor
indulge alone in miles and. laps. A tour
nament is advertised for Concert Ball, in
this city. The attractions are Annie Bar-
tel, who will undertake the almost sk ep
less-task of walking 4,000 quarter miles
in as many quarter hours, Xaditue Bran-
. .
don, who will undertake a six days' walk
against time, awl Ida Yemen who pro.
pOses to walk 3,000 - quarter miles in 3,000
consecutive quarter hours.
These walking matches arc exhibitions
of physical endurance and pluck, but they
hardly rise above the dignity of a prize
fight. Wh. t special pleasure c-in be de
rived from the spectaele of a man or wo
man corning into the ring, exhausted and
footsore, and fighting against pain and
fatigue with the dogged resolution of the
bull-pup, or the horse which pulls until it
drops in the traces, Is difficult to see, but
it stems to huve a fascination for thous
ands of both sexes, who crowd the pl ices
of exhibitions and put money in the pock
ets i f tits pr oprietors. They are gotten
up by speculators, and should receive the
attention of,tlie Society for. the Preven
tion of Cruelty to Animals. Experience
has shown that
. they encourage largely
drinking and gambling,Y and foster the
worst and . most dagerous passions and
practices.
Another evidence of the improved state
of feeling amongst business men and the
wealthier classes especially is the decided
increase and the demand for renting p: 0-
.perties in:the suburban districts. Desir
able iroperties have been more sought
ter this spring, and command a higher
•
rent than for 'many years.
James Myeri threw a brick through • a
window atWattamaker's depot, and when
arraigned for the offence he said he was
"chuck full of electricity," and had to
do it, or "go into a lit." Being evidently
deranged, he was placed in charge of the
prof er ei sons.
Let those laugh who win. Tho rooms
of the Americus Club, Broad street, be
low Chestnut, and thou, of tho Jeffert-on
Association, Broad and Fairmount Ave
nue, were brilliantly illuminated Tuesday
evening, in honor of the first Democratic
Congress since 1861. The' rejoicing De
mocracy indulged in music and speeches,
and sent congratulations to Congiess.
Another victim to the careless use of
fire-arms came from the discharge of a
toy pistol in the hands `of Joseph Perin,
a boy 13 years 'of age, residing at 1,250
North - Fifteenth Street, on Tuesday
morning, last. lie was playing
,theatre
'with a.young companion pained 'Vincent
Fallon, 11 years of ago, when ho drew a
small pistol, pointtd it at Fallon, and
,Pulled the nigger. To his surprhe it was
discharged, the ball taking effect on the
right side of the neck below the ear, caus
ing death in a few minutee. The family
of the deceased exonerate Ferrite, know
ing the friendship between the be; s.
These awful warnings seem to be lost up
on the public, and new victims will be
fonnd for the careless prison who points
deadly weapons in jest, bringing remorse
and sorrow by 11.eir thoughtlessness.
A crowded theater is not the tutst
pleasant nor safest place to be in when an
..alarm, of tire . is raised. The panic created
i s s.yery. apt to make a rush and to occasion
serious consequences to the audience. Qn
Tuesday evening, at the i:hestnut street
theater, there was a cry of tire, and smoke
poured into the theatre through.the heat
ers in the floor of the orchebtia. A gen
eral movement was made towards the
doors, and for a moment there was great
excitement and consternation. An au
thoritative voice: called out that there was
no danger, and quiet Was mstoied in a
few minutes. • As soon as•there was a lull
thezexeitement, the "band began to
together.
ahem were 284 deaths. in the city last
week, 27 less than during the week pre
vious, and a decrease of 16 fromithe same
time in 1878. Of these 133 were males,
151 females, 67 boys, 53 girls, and 59 un
der one year of age: The principal caus
es of death were : Consumption, 48.; in.
ilanimation of the lungs, 34; convulsions,
13 ; debility, 11 ; Bright's disease, 8 ; dis
ease of heart, 10, and scarlet fever, 12.
The collection of old coin and auto
grans isa hobby with many people, and
it is said that- the latest collection in
America is in the possession Of a Tenth
ward druggist. Ills accumulations, the
labor of over 30 years, ,are, valued at $15,-
000. Among them is a complete collec
tion of of the copperr.ailver and gold is
sues of the United StatelY, together with a
nearly complete set ()Tithe old colonial
coins. Ho has also full letup/autographs
of the signers of the DielaA'' ion of Inde
pendence, Confederation and Constitu
iion, the Congress of 1714, Presidents and
Cabinets from George 7ashington,Chief
Justices and Associate J'ustices of the Su
preme Court, and Revolutionary Gener
als. In. addition to these, he has puneer
ous signatures of prominent scientists and
poets, and writers, both Americnn and
foreign.' Ilia collection of old paintings
havi - been valued at $25,000, while he has
a room full of old books, almanacs and
American early imprints, which are con
sidered almost priceless. His collection
. of army and navy medals is the largest iu
thercountry; He is , now_ engaged iu col
lecting a series of the signatures of the
wives of the Presidents. His • latest ac
quisition in this direction is the signature
of Rachel Jackson, which is believed to
be the only one extant. _ -. •
- James Sullivan, • who was thoroughly
- The radon League of this city has ten
dered General Hoyt the compliment of a
formal reception: He has accepted, and
name» April 15th as the day. It will un
doubtedly be a brilliant affair, as the-Gov
ernor has a deserved popularity here; and
the League vuatiners know how to honor
their guests.
The investigation into the oil, men's
complaints and the contracts existing be
tween the Pennsylvania Railroad C0m0...
tiy.; is going on at the Girard nonse, be
fore J. B. Sweitzer,. Esq., master and.ex
aniintr. There is a to 11 - tendons array •of
legal celebrities, and the railroad orliciali
aro 'nought upon the stand to prove that
the Standard Company has been favored
above all competitors in the oil business.
The evidence seems to mix matters very
thoroagbly; and certainly proves that the
art of not telling what you know has been
well cultivated.
Spca'cr 'Randall is to be tendered a re-.
coption on theoceasion Of his return . to
this city, in honor of LIS recent success.
Lk is to Le met at the depot by delega
tions,. with banners, music, etc. .
It * lias been Et; long a time since any
thing has been heaul from. the "Kcely
motor," that it had nearly lwen forgot-
ten, but it is now asserted., that the exir.
riinent is. successful, and that the new
motive poWer has Lien controlled, so that
it can be utilized. Strange as it may
seem, riotawithstantling - the long &lays
awl costly experiments, the stock of the
col - lip:my maintains its iirice—in fact can
not be pnrcha , aid:
The StOckton Hotel at Cape May will
be managed during the coining, season,
by Chat le Diary, of the Continental Ile
wholhas, fur the past two scasony,
been the populay landlord of that peat
hostelrie by . the sea. What he dues_ nut
know of the secret of making his guests
:comfortable and happy, is' not worth
SEES
Vinyl old, New Jersey, 'hero grAres
and blackberries are the chief prixitzetionp,
is a ternivrance town i t at lelstlias de
(lured againit lieeitse a vote of 80 to
42—yet a Vinci ttal person advertises,
•IVeung men titted for the pulpit, bar or
stage."
FROM HARRISBURG.
Siumgal Correspondence of the R.EPonTr.:II
H.,1:1,8ra6, March 22, 1579
In the House on Monday evening of
this week, Mr. Butler, of Chester, called
up his resolution offered on the previous
Fridlry providing for the appointment of
a committee of five for the purpose of in
vestigating the present system of furnish
ing stationery, etc., and report by•bill o:
otherwise such measures as will corre_tt
the alleged abuses and corruption in the
various departments, in said system. The
resolution,-after being amended so as to
confine the investigation to the llouse of
Representatives and empower the com
mittee to send for persons and
. papers,
was passed unaninionsly..
Au act to eel tree the jurisdiction of
justices of the peace, ,hacing . been . made
the special order in the House for Mon
day evening, was taken up, and passed
second reading..
The bill 'increases the jurisdiction of
justices to sums not exceeding . $3OO, and
authorizes the trial by a jury of six, 'ern
pannelled I y any !justice, when demand-,
ed by.the defendant. A bill similar to
this was killed iu I the Senate at thn iz tast
session.
A resolution offered by 3lr. WaliC4 oY
Delaware, one of the oldest editors in the
State, providing for the appointment of,
a committee of five to whom all amend
ments to the game and fish- liws shall be
submitted, and win) slmll prepare and
perfect a bill and report the same to the
`Rouse, was adopted. •
•
resolution was adoptecl providing for
. •
the aim.cmitinent of a Committee of five
to inl.stigate the propuse4 transfer of the
Reform 44 ....chool of Pennsylvania, at;;Mor
\
gaup, near Pittsburg, to the State, and
rt,e vested w4lpower to examine witness
es under otth and send fur persons and
papers, and reportthe result of their in
vestigations to the ouse within twenty
days.
Among the bills *hie passed the Sen
ate finally, on Tuesday, w e the follow
r •
;onto bill relating to ste ()graphic
notes of testimony, exceptions o evi
deit, and the rejectionof the saint, :mil
the charge of the courts to the jury in .tll.
rials of facts. This bid provides tha
s lographic notes ,of testimony, .etc.,
shal , in eases where exceptions are taken
be wri ten Q 1.- in long; hand or with :t
type-writer during the also that 48
\
soon as practicable after . the trial of any
case all the Xstimony . shall be written
outs, unless the s enograpbers are excused
from to doing by he party interesfed ;
also, that in case of be death or sickness
of the stenographer .1.1,;• has taken the
.‘ i notes,.his sticerssor or some other compe
tent.stenographer, to be ap)ttited by the
;court, shalt write . out the.testimony, etc.
I tlle second section provides tit*. all the
stenographic notes of all testimo not
excepted to shall be filed with the
ro
thondfary, and that such notes shall td:,
be written out at the expense of the State
or county, unless upon the order of the
Court. •
An act relating . to costs in criminal
cases. This bin provides that the grand
jury shall decide whether the county or
the prosecutor shall pay the costs in ca=
ses of ignored bills of - indictment,- and,
that the petit, juiy shall decide in all ea-
ses of acquittal whether the county, the
proSecutor, or the defendant shall pay. the
costs, or whether the same shall be an
portioned between the prosecutor and'de
-fendant,,Subjcct to the alipruval of the ,
Court. The provisions of the act aro not
applicable to eases exclusively triable / la
Courts of Oyer and Terminer.
At the morning session of the/llous.e
on Tuesday, the 18th inst., the following,
•among other bills, passed finally
• An act to allow plaintift or defendant
to choose referees in cases before Jastioes
of the peace, and the manner in which
they shall be &mom
An act regulating proceedings at law
in this - commonwealth. _ -
At the afternoon session _the following
bill was pissed
An act defining and punishing tramps. I
This bill provides that any person ar= -
rested anti convicted of being a tramp
shall be imprisoned at solitary confine-
TIIC nt and hard labor for a period of not
less than six 'months, and any hanip con
victed of trespass, carrying the arms,
threatening violence or kindling fire on
the highway or upon any one's land, with
out the permission of the owner,,sball be
imprisoned as above, for three Years. Fe
male and male minors, tinder sixteen
years of age, blind, deaf and dumb, and
maimed or crippled persona, are exeMpt
ed from the proirisions of this act. The
bill -was discussed at lenah, during both
sessions, and , was passed by a vote of 123
to ISO, having since been sent to the Senate
for concurrence.
4n act to protect fruit gardens, grow
big crops and pain; and punishing tres
pass, was also passed finally. •
A supplement to the act regulating in
terest, which f§rfeits the legal rate and
excess, in cases of usury, was, _At:o'i a
brief discussion defeated ; yeas 77, nays,
&I. •
The three committees provided for in'
the resolutions , passed on Monday even
ing, toted above, were aunounbed in the
House on Tuesday, by the Speaker.
The most itnportaut of these 'commit
tees, that 'to investigate the matter of fur
nishing stationery to the House generally
but more particularly the, alleged station
ery steal of V 23,500, of last session, is
composed of the following gentlemen :
Messrs. Butler, of - Chester, HeWitt, of
Blair, Garitz, of Lancaster, Early, of Elk,
and Truly, of Clarion. These gentlemen
will doubtless give the matter hisigned
them a fair and impartial , investigation,
and it may be said that the general, im
piession is that inquiring into ahini'es in
.this,direction lia;s not been commenced
any tog-soon.
In the Seaate -Wednesday morning,
the lthh inst., the following among other
bills, passed finally :
Au act repealing an act relating-to the
tights of a 'opted children, being a sup
plement: to au act relating to certain du
ties and rights of. husband and wife and
parents and children. . .1
- An act to enable laborers to secure and
collect their pay, for work done in and
about the.stoeking of saw logs. •
An net to create poor districts and to
authorize purchase of hinds and erection
of buildings to furnish and-give em
ployment to the destitute pour and pan
pers. •
An act to provide for the regulation of
mutual fire insurance companies.
Titere -was a little flatter 'of excitement
at this session of the Senate, about the
Philadelphia Recorder bill of last session.
A. very brief supplement in reference to
the justification of bail bends of liquor
selleis befine the Recorder, was passed
without attracting any special attention.
-A few monmnts after this, Senator Elli
ott remarked that a bill had been pasSed
relating to Philadelphia; while he was
otherwise engaged, to which ho desired
to offer some amendments. Breourtesy
the vote• by which the bill was passed was
reconsidered, when the Senator offered
an amendmentallowing bondi to be justi
fied before 'any magistrate as well-as-the
Recorder, which was unanimously adop
ted./ •He then offered a Who. amend
raent, which he remark d would not be
so unanimously coMsented -.to. It was a
proviso to the effect that so Much Of the
Recorder bill passed last-session as author
ized the.Surm Treasurer to appoint two
mercantile appraisers, in conjunction
with the Recorder of Philadelphia, be
and the same is hereby repealed. This
lining toad for information, caused quite
a little flurry of excitement, and 'some
laughter, while several,Senators objected.
Mr. Elliott then made a motive to go into
committee of the whole, to enable hint to
otter this amendment. After a - brief but
somewlhat spirited discussion, in which
the Ours° of the.: Democrats in toting for
the Recorder bill, last session,. on account
of the pataonag(i it gave to a Democratic
State Treasurer,l , was referred to, on meal!'
of the yeas and nays upon the motien, it
was lost, yeas ;Itt, u.ay5..27, and the sub
ji,et. was dropped, the bill being laid over
to have the ether . trilling amendment
primed. The movement of the jollY
Senator froni the Sixth District was looleed
upon as a good joke. - •
,The afteffooft session of the Senate en
Wednettiay, was devoted, in accordance
with the previous order, to the considera
tion of the Judges' Salary bill. . The S9l
- resolved itself into a . committee of the
whole to consider amendments which
might be offered. . Mr. Everhart, of Ches
ter, submitted two amendments Which
were adopted, - reducing the salaries .of
Common Phtas Judges in the. country dis
tricts frem $4,500 6s providettin thehill)
to :4,000, and fixing the salaries of. Su
p'renic. Court Judges at $.•7,000, -the same
compensali9u as is now allowed.' .
Mr.-,Seymour, of Tioga,: offered an
amendment fixing the salaries of the
Corotnon Pleas and Orphans' Court
Imiges in Philadelphia and Allegheny, at
S.ii 3 OJO, which elicited consielerable diScus
shin. 'Messrs. Jones, Grady and Elliott,
of Philadelphia, opposed the amendment,
contending that the sum of Vi,ooo would
be a reduction. Messrs. Davies, • Craig,
Seymour, Everhart and Lawrence favored
the amandment, contending that the sum
of ii 5,000 was an adequate salary,L l and
that the difference between the compen
sation of Philadelphia and Allegheny and
he country judges was great enough.'
''ithoitt, concluding Jim subject, the
Sena ' adjoutned.
In tbt, l'
resolution
propriation '
sum-of $l,OOO, t
red by the emimi t
tlTte alleged aim ,
\ ts
titmery fur the House.
Bills on second rcadin e , being in order,
the Legislative Salary bill, which allows
\
$BOO for a session or ono. In 4er d days,
for..the Senators and Represent*ves, and
$8 per day after that time, 1;1.4 ri) nu:OJ
than fifty days, was taken / up. - The er,
N pt
quisites of mileage, postage stamps, s a- ,
tionery, etc., are to be/added to this sal.
ary. An amendment making the salary
$l2 y r day, without any mileage, per
quisites r stealin* previonSly offered,
•was voted owryand an Innendment mak
ing the act apply to the present legisia_
turn, was als() a Coated by a vote of SO to
100.
The SI Alien p. sed second_reaclinz,
yeas 101., nays SS. .0 this tote Aless.
Hark / ness, Nichols and ladill aro put
awn in the affirmative. • .
/At the afternoon session o he House
on Weihr:sday, ,the act know as the
"Pittsburg Riot Bill," was bike up on
1 second reading.. This bill providest,
I a comrriission of. three disinterested !per
sons shall be appointed by the Governor,
to audit and pay all damages caused by
goose on Wednesday-morning, a
-as passed directin g the Ap
onimi.ttee to provide for the
to defray expenses incur
-to appointed to hives
the riots in Suli, 1877, and appropriates .
$4,000,000 for the latter purpose.
This is one of the in.3st importantmeas-
Ules before the legislature, and its Aiscas
sion will be lengthy and exciting. Of
course them are other counties beside Al
legheny, where property was destroyed,.
but-the great bulk , of the lostes occurred
therd, anl her pe,ple have more at stalm
i perhaps, than any other 'county. It is
clainv.4l by some that under a local .law
passed as an amendment to an omnibus
bill, in 1849, that Allegheny county
to pay the daniages causei by any
riot within her borders, and that there
fore she ought to pay these losses. Oa
the othek band it is contended; and ap
parently with much justice, that the riots
of 1877, Were not of a local, or county
character, mere disturbances,: to be, put
down or quelled by the ordiumi means,
but• that the, lawlestuesit a that year
amounted to an
_insurrection or revolu
tion, assuming a State if not a national
importance; and that the riflitary force's.'
of the - commoniealth, under•orders of
the State authorities, having assumed.
control of affairs in Pittsburg, and beiat
in passessfon' of the city when the prop
erty was destroyed, the . State is bnund'to
pay the,damage. • It is ton big a question
to ba. argued here, and "your utielp"
don't propose to tackle it, but.. will con
tent himself with noting the progress of
the b.li, at present being considered in the
Rouse. Much - basUlready been said on
both sides, and much remains to be said.
The discussion was continued in the
House threugh the aftein - :on of Wednelt
.day and during both sessions on.-Thurs
day, without a vote, and then went over
until neat week, when it will be.resumed.
The friends of the bill arc very confident
that some measure of the ,kind will be
passed, and the indidations . seem to favor
this idea; None 4.4 1- the naeinbers. from
Dradford have, as yet, I believe, aired
their eloquence on this Subject. •
The Senate eut Thursday, in cominittee
of the Whole, resumed the .consideration
of the Judges' SaFtry bill, the question .
being on the amendment of 31r. t.; y rnopr,
fixing - the salary of Phd Welphia and Al
legheny Jukes at - This amend-
Mont was, after considerable discussion,
adopted, much to tho'disgust cf the Phil
adelphia Senators: An addition ri amend
ment, •airiwing .the Supreme Court
Judges, and those of the Country 'dis
tricts, fifteen cents. per mi;e, for necessa
ry travel, in discharge of their dunes,
wai also alopted in committee. of the
whole, When the bill was reported back to
the Senate, and the report was . then adop- •
ted by a vete of 21 to 10, Senator Davies
voting iu the. affirmative.' .The bill was
then agreed to on third reading,. and laid
over for printing and final
_,passage; with
the salaries- lined fai fellows Jud ges of
the Supreme Court Chief Justice and all,
r;,900; all Philadelphia and A.)ltglieny
Judges,_ ; - e;untry Judges, -- -1,000,
the latter and those of the Sui.remo (Aunt
tit:get the milege • above indicated. •
house bill to prevent fraud and fraudu-
lent practices upon or by hotel keepers,
etc., was negatively reported in the Sen
ate on Thursday.
In the Senate on Friday a number of THE I`-'...,anthsonian •Institution report.,
bills were pa ,sed on secoud and tlist nal- that Pi iiifssor Peters, of (1 ntiin. N. l"..
ing, when a few minutes before 12 o'clock,
ann ani - i' the discovery by h., im I . •••• d
-1
ti%ay in d ~ niu of tar, Le or plan:l4l, •••
the hour of adjourument on Fridays, Sen-
it, i f the tenth ini mitaile. in 11 leers •••••
atom Gazzam moved to reconsider the vote .minutes right ascf u• 1 ,n, and 9 dega• s 2.!
by which the Judge's Salary bill was pass-1 nnnates n. ,th declination ; the other ,r
the eleventh ma_mitible, in 12 limns 1 .1.1
cat third reading. This was tigreeil to-1
11 'innate s light ascension, and 9 tit.-2, +
yeas 16, ns.ys 11—only foie more than a I:I: 'intones - ninth decluiatiem ; 111 0,111;!,
quorum. 31r, Gazzam then moved to re- i math.
commit tile bill to Committee on the Jo- 1 A sTo:411 of the severest natme s•• , , 4 -_
diciary General. on which motion the t over _Memphis just after midnight -at i 1-
~ ,,,a, , ,,,,...., .1 ,1
, ..
yeas were 1 1 , nays 7 ; a quorum toil cot-
day.: It came from the
e mutated thne hours. D p
ule,: its y ~
ing, it was lost., the Icrlitning. st..• usk tl4 • 1ieu;,,..::
' ,
A motion to adjoinn'fwas made, -the 'LCotton and Woolen 31111 s, situate .1, 'l, •
vote upon which was 13 in the atilt in ii,' I southern porvon of the city, whic a Note` '
t R ely e,in s um 41. Thi. se nous 14, o•
tiva, to 7 in tl.e negative—still no quorum, I e c l -I. l l l . l 4edat• I '
..0,0,m, . n emplesli,l a 1 e
but the President could have decided the of 121 pct-ms, who a• is thus th l ,,, L ,
....'
motion earl ied. Ile did not do so, h o w of \yolk. 'rite iii-u: :ate: .1.44 , 41144. s to
1 .: 0
1
ever, bat en'ezta, red a motion :11:141A3 and I ' •
, lasi. ccen fruit Ne.w Volk ,Lit, il ,
seconded by the necessarylhree Seird as., i A
Mare:: 2 ' •a, s : Ad to tscloau:t. 11,- 44 fe
for a call of the Senate, which resulted in and rive, coildie, , . the yonn_ees: a 1 '•:,
23 Senators auswerm; to their names. ' were - well an llu .1 v 1.4-: •-mulac in Il: :
At this time the hour of 12 having al- r i h. me on the East `si,ti , . 4 314•.:41;iy, ;•, •
of the child:en ...1,21:i neil, then tit., in. ,
rived, the orders of the day were called, i The doctor who was call.d. found t! m
and the Senate aeijourred until Tuesday I
raring i n ‘ e ir i e t, .(e\ e l . n u 11441144.,11..•
morning at 11 o'clock, leaviin the motion; tour died. Int their, return nem tic•
to recommit still pen , .ing. • This will be 1 fund al,tilt ' 1
the i acca . .. 1,,4:nr . oa ~•
, down in' f ull Senate, and and Lo:,v ith h. veil 'I he chill is
promptly 1111tCciaown in a t ana I ~,,), ,1,1 , ~, and I ) , •,) ,c,,- 1 i.,.. p al l n ~././
this bill with the salaries as above given, 4 :as% , The monk•r 1 .i, been il 100 ti el at/
will undeubte ily pass tin illy, as so in as ; the i.lti -,... , it trio I'.idid of - Holdtb, .1 : /.1
'V% •••11 ,, ' , I Wl' ,r as , l,lv be in 4•4 • lA' i
the order of bills on final passage is I ' '' ^ I ''" ' ' I l• " - '
I the sanita y co aloe nof the 1 oase i'l" .-
leaaied. . • 1 pit 4'l4y the fanuly. 0.,1,,,,,,,„..... , /'
The nosiness in Vie House on Friday A i , ‘NE F,,,.,,z a well-to f •
, .unicr, .... I
was generally of a roatine and uninter- 1 ale ut th.l
.ceais, rest,: n: atllllt thiie cu!, s
esting character. Another investigation I t rom Bohlehem, co•••utoted/smst 1,-
was partially arranged for, however. A I 1 1 ', : t I ' :IIII I Timll4r• nll • -t '! -I ' ,l ' ,t. ".• 1• '
S , 111. , :nt" about tlnee ii duct; Thai- 4
resolution was adopted providing for the ~..(1,1 1, ,,,1 1. A m:41 0 1
.;1 11 1 1 .4 b ,410. .c .i<
appointment of a committee of live meat- tin, I. ss. This minting he w,i's i• i 1
bars,of the House and time of the Senate, 1.. tizoig in the barn 0 . 1/lii m a, :itest I,- ._..
b .r. dead. Ile had- lastemed the i•, , •
to investigate the offieial conduct and ia- •• - • 4 • 4 ,-/ • ,
a‘.l , l', allf.
.11.11111 , C1, 'I OM .1. g1a11.11 . 1. '
tegrity of John Sunderland, Supcnintend i ceased was worth about szirr,ist 1 1 --
cut of the Warren Asylum, now in coarse' terly: Ito has had/much sicken ss o• ,
. ,
of erection. .Tolin is charged with mak- futon_ i ,,tart .
( 11 1 .:1Y1 of a :1 , 1 , r. 2 n Ital. , I
ing improper use of the fonds apt» opria- i. m . r z i l yic l i
t i l t. t ,the de,e•,..sr la ey . e,l up •• . -
• 1 1 . r/ erderrog him , :Lisa', t. I' , •
ted for the ereetitn of said hospltallind leaves aIN .1A• and four children..
also of the `money derived from Pod oil -A DI-44.4V1CH Dom 3111wis•ilsee s 11 - ,
and vegetable
..ioduets of the fat in. I dated .11aCeli nth, says.: The ann , i 4-
Houseu
adjorned until Monday evesings numt at, neon to day of i the sudden i , i
ii , 11,VItes. Jayne& Deliovcn, Paola of t. .
at 7.30 0'c1064 ' I
e It te;ne College- Can. ~ I a feel=,,, of ~ I
s.• ~
efow here. At; nine ocli,•11 no, in , u
its.• the deceased w is si i tin 2l}" iti 4 \ •'-
m. h ea lth a nd conversing nitll.i. ...tad: :t
rw Len sadtlenly 1:e exclaim-41, - Help me.
please I" then fell buck :leo a dim an
eini•chnis anal died - v.itinn WI albums
arterw aid. 1)r. Del{ew en was .thoat f a !)•
yems , Id, and has, le :n eonns•eted w Ith
ILlCine College for th e pest tu 4 nty yea ‘..
The call which he teeenily tee i‘ill fl , 1 , 1
S . . Mat L. ' S 0111 . 1 th llllliddpilia. Le tlt --
el lisql only yes:mild). Ills death 1, at
tcamted to over-wort.
I A sist.etai, dispatch front Easton s.• -
ti.e• town was aroused Finlay mointu:
about. t o el,k by a large the in at. s; .a J,,
of Flank Do ,telly, lit what is known is
IQ: h im...po i t, the head o the Delewoe
Canal. A leiek staid", two un,,ccor ,1
dwi limw; and a blarksouth shop - Wile
entirel' binned, while , e vehd k m -, ,
found to be on me were smcd. 'the Is ~I
weak was all saturated with 4o d et'
This is the second time Mr. 1 . 1,•Iiileill ,
,:tables haft 1 1 4.4.•11 destroyed by an inn:,-
dial y. The loss which will reach s`..l' ',
is coveted by'insurance in the Northa:ui --
ton Mutual. During the excitement lia ,
the engine rau over one thernan and tie •
Lose-ilarrilge over another, botti 11101 Ift
lug se:ion sly injured. 'l'lier mum— itC
Charles Baehman and John Commo:- r -
IN -the Polic i es court gt
of Washin,•a.
D. C., on Friday last, Patrick 31e's.,`:
meta, George LoNcxy -and Jam, :.,- .-
grim were arrainged on the chat se of a--
sault and battery up in Miss Ma;; _ t• i
Chanuey last Thursday light. Miss CI, 11,-
ney,who was at the time under escort ~ .f
Mr. John T. Lighter ; -was pioceeding t i
her Mare On Capitol Hill, win n the :ac
cused, with other peasons, made ail .•--
sault upon the lady and gentleman. - 7.41,
Lighter was severely attacked by three of
the patties, while edicts seized thecoon:;
lady and, throwing her up ,n the g i ven",
assaulted her ih the- most outrageous
manirr. The young worn( n in 14" in,
bet• testimony completely brois dow e,
and Was taken sobbing into an adj ic sit
ro-an, where site fainted. Thine n ,„
great iudignatiou in the count. 'for
prisoners cc ea e, bent 40 jail.
•
311 s.•; MA(mr;k MeN MST. of Ifyile .)
Park,
fell over a cliff .:r. feet high Saturday/Md .
was fatally injured..
Tut: body of a man; cut and bruised;
has been found in the. river near Lan
caster.'
_There are many- susineionti tcir
cultist:int.:es- which point to a aurdel-.
SHERIFF Wtt.t. S, of/ trmstrong
county, 'is, again in trouble. -This tine
he is char,e, , ed with-forging his mother's
name and drawing a ;Monthly pen;ion ,
which should have gone to her.
Atiorr 10 o'clock/ Friday morning a
passenger train collided with. a freight
tiatit on the Ne%!;t3 . ersey Central railroil,
near Nestpiehontng. Pit., . The passenger
engine was badly wrecked, and ' seine of
the freigbt ea / vs slightly tlittnaged. Her
man Itiebt/a Passenger, was= slightly in
jured abotit the head.
11. WAVAtibtvs & Co's, bat factory;
emploYing about' rp hands, situated at
Malibusville; near Reading, was entirely
ConSumed by fire WeduCsdaY of last week-.
T.tic tire wignated in the drying mom,•
/ause. unknown. The loss on
machinery and bats is
.hetwet n live and
eightlimusand dollars, - No insutance,-
Tu E Seguin Cottage. -Doylestown, for=
mercy the residence of Conimototp
U. S. N., but now oWned by 31r. Ayres,
of Philadelphia, and at present untenant
ed, was totally destroyed by tire at two
o'clock Friday morning. It is supposed
to have been the work-of an incendiary.
The building was fully . insured. -
in furniiian 5t,a7
2
THERE is no ,doubt that the animal
Masonic Conclave, which will Meet in i
Ilentown in May next, will be .one of
t e Most imposing demonstrations ever
wit essed in • that . city. All the , hotel
moth. 's ali-eatly engaged and numerous
other 13 nldings are rented for the alcom
\
motiation or the visiting Masons: • The
prepilvatio s haVe been carried ou on ex
tonsivo,scali for some time, and ab nit.
three thonktn - Masons arc expected to
be present Cron _different pails of the
State. z , .
A • nist..sTrii.:fren : Allentown- dated
March 20 ' rays : Ye:lei:day afternoon
between twelve and five i'eloek. Willianl
Meitzler,.ag,ecriS, Of Seish ltxville. perks
county, about four iMleti non. Alburtis
station, East Penna.- milroad \ mutated
suicide by haun ' it.g himself to a lifter iri
hisson's barn. Ile was.found in al eviim t
position. Deputy :Coroner Deury B.
Bauer held an inquest, and the yury
ndered a verdict of selfrdestruction iky
hanging.. Cause melancholy. ..
Ci - nwAuo
STAVE 1ZE773.
Two respected citizens of Ilartsville,
Bucks conuts; were arreqed Monday
for hiving: counterfeit money in their
possession.. It is claimed they bought
the stuff as a joko at the Sale of the ass: t.;
of a wound-up building assoziation.
.NVEII?NO4DAY, afternoon of . la4t- week
while men working in a tunnel
were
driven in the Pottsville .Shatt were pre-
Toxin . , a blast; their tools struck a pi‘! o ;
from Alto flinty ;rock. igniting a I irg :
quantity of Rend Rock . powder. A ter
rible explosion followed, instamly
James •Nfullierrin and Lewis Murr;ty :
Their bodies were mangled in a horrii,:t
manner. : W. 11. Muhrray, one of
contractors
. was so .frightfully iuj. I
that his recovery is considered
.dockfui.
John Rowe& WAS slightly injured,
James Smith and Joseph Shum estai.:•i,
The men.killed leave families. _
'Tau dead' toby of Y. W. Wyckoff; ~f
AUbill11; N. 4%, was found in the, 1..•:11"rz!,
river at Allentown at An early boar
the men ning of March 19th'. The
was engaged , in selling appl:s and o.i,„ r
ploducc,•and has heeri in .• that city
Bethlehini for the last few day... It
said he was intokicafed, and while in t'.i.;
cOndition it is supposcd he fell dow:1
embankment into the river anil
drowned. About forty &liars
aeveral checks and a golf watch
nand upon him. -He wai well kit ex:,
'this vicinity, having, formerly
gaged in selling trees. ,1 CO roner's
rendered a, verdict of accident;al
ing.
EX-.GOVERNOR. if
A N VT,
General Commanding .4 - •
State under the'recent reorgitiiiv.:iti..n.)
made the felli.iwlt4- Staff app•niitin•-•:-,
_Lie Geiirge No. !I,
ils+ictintAdjut<ntt-General; I.letit: c:c...•••••
Colonel Thayer, insisector ;
Colonel - J.' Ewing Mears, riq
Chief ;: Major Charles S. Green. (t.i.trt.. r_
master; Maj.)r ..IWin It. Cole,
.I.:tron
fites, rl e4;strip - }lsjors
John' D. Comitcm, Gpie-g.i "W.
31W:1m Ilrown, Wini.un L.
areAistablislicd
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GEITEttAL IZZICS.
THE Lozin - House, .Patrick I -0 . 41m •,:, t _
prictor, at: Alsegheny was burred Mi l
l' . .tth. . The less is 1,k3,000.
PATIsn - li O'SHEA, the wall Itn” - ...:1
Cathoik book ',Wisher -of '47 Ilaiv! iy
street,- New York has suspended. il.;
liabilities are abo It sloo,oeo. . .
A DISPATCri nous Kingston, ..r,u na l,• 3 ,
via Ilattma. - l.nys the .11ritis% stcaln,T ..
El.ili‘ar, plying *64 een • Liverpool laf.d
Si, Tl.oniss, came jiic,illision w i th . t.i. -,
liaPjen steamer Michael. T h,.... Lttter v....
suhk, and sixty persons 04 Load show, -
ed. i .•
1
A ti int:Atio struck Milledievillei li-olr i
at 't %co.:tit:hick* Saturday. The, oekt , .::
river bridge was totally demolished. 1.', ,, -,:.
'i. yttio. A negro and mules . were Is'ln,d
in-the bridge.. Stores were nurnoft4 1.•1
several smali houses blown . doaril• lie •
gear-ral damage about the city ..,ann 'nuns
tOIS, O °'. I - .
I Tntim. l / 4 5 3lolAnotc, a matt n'red fiTly-'
five. years, _attempted to drive acrosS- the
Erie track ii,r, C. : Arr ,, 1 ,, ,,Z4, W,vdtlemaly after-,
noon of last week. - Tice wagon was struck
by an eng:ne an-i MeMait,,h ki;led instant,
ly, and. Isis nicee, seed fifteen, whii ac
compiniio.l him, was so seriously: iniared
that she 'expired. 't he horses, were also
killed.'
A nrsy_vrcu to the St: Louis 'G' ,',e
..Detaocrq: says the town of . Pineville'. :11..
county - seat of MeDintald cou n t y, M iss. cii : h
V`aS altliot.t entirely deiaropla by tire i e
•fore daylight Ma: els 19th. ciiity 11-1,c0,n;.
hu! 1,. TV4, 1 ,,j IleSs iit ••••
are said_to have escatied destructioti. The
sire is sttppused to haw heel.' the w0k...0
A Goof) TrocsEwl F —The good how- ,
\vim, ; when she is giving her : house it
spring rentiovatintz, should
tier
in min.
that the dear inmates of her house to
Ilene precious - 111m many houses: :111
that, their systimi 'jived cleansing . by p ,
rifying the blood, *,.•g,ulating the stom,.
azArl`toweli to preventiand l eine the. di.
eases arising from spiing:inalaritrand uI
astna, and she must know that there :I
nothing that will do it se ;_perfeetly an
surely as llop llitters, the Buret and be
ef medicines. :See other evlumn.